I've recently had Colin cancer reconstruction surgery .... Salads and veggies (fresh) run through system FAST. Within 30 minutes I have to be by a restroom. Otherwise just healthy now greasy foods have worked for me.
A high protein, high carb, low fat is recommended. White bread, creme of wheat, potatoes, rice & pasta. Small meals & snacks. Lots of protein eggs chicken beef milk soft cheese peanut butter. No high fiber veggies
Carrots yams well cooked been and yellow beans. I also drink a high protein drink Ensure. I am 9 days since surgery and it's a juggling act. Hang in there. I can hardly wait until I can have a salad.
Carrots yams well cooked been and yellow beans. I also drink a high protein drink Ensure. I am 9 days since surgery and it's a juggling act. Hang in there. I can hardly wait until I can have a salad.
Ive had a colon resection in 08 and ive been duffering with my anus bleeding and sever constipation even more than. Nirmal. Ive used peperation eight. Its temporarily relief. Now im trying to stop eating meat and eat only veggies and wheat products.
Do you think my plan will work? Please respind!!
Do you think my plan will work? Please respind!!
I had a resection in 11/15. I have had good days when I follow the dietary restrictions I have learned about from my experiences through trial and error. My big goal is to avoid diarrhea or bad constipation ( both of which are considered good days), and both of which have been issues in the last seven months (particularly the diarrhea). Everyone is different but this is what I have found works for me. I begin each day with two bagels with Philadelphia cream cheese but sometimes without. I generally have a small cup of coffee, my only one in the day with skim lactose free milk for creamer and no sugar at all. I have found that I am good if I avoid all sugar and definitely all processed foods from Graham crackers to cookies to what ever that has sugar in it. I have given up all dry cereals with milk. The vegetables I can tolerate cooked are carrots, green beans, Lima beans and a little bit of cauliflower. I don't do raw vegetables or salads. Citrus foods alwasy cause problems but not nectarines or bananas. I generally avoid milk products except for a little bit like a scoop of ice cream (and that cream cheese) but only after a meal. I eat eggs (cooked in olive oil) and fish and chicken and turkey but rarely have red meat. If I would list the things to avoid more than anything it is the sugar, cooked tomato products including soups, most dairy products and never eaten on their own. Also I have found that a cold drink of any sort an hour before a meal or within an hour after a meal will trigger diarrhea. I drink generally room temperature liquids ( except for that morning cup of coffee), not a terrific way to drink liquids but if I don't do that I will get diarrhea from anything that is cold especially if there is the slightest amount of sugar in it. I do a lot of pasta with some chicken or turkey of fish in it. No processed meat products. I avoid greasy foods almost totally. Since I am still in the trial and error period and when I feel up to taking a chance with a new food, I still experiment usually with adverse results. I have to deal with a lot of flatulence at times but I am retired and only have my wife around and she had a resection herself some years ago. This whole experience has made me less inclined to be social so that external gas is not a problem practically speaking. Three other things--no alcohol, no big meals like during the holidays, and avoid anything if you can that gives you anxiety or stress. Don't sweat the small stuff and after the surgery and the pre-and post surgical experiences everything seems small stuff. It is harder to avoid the stress if you are still working. .
Nuta Bullet.I also lost a lot of weight,Thanks again for all your tips!!
These are great standards for recovery. Mom always knows, but if you buy the progressive chicken noodle soup and if you have to have crackers let them turn to mush. I did well with a chicken salad bought from a local deli (hold the celery ) and did good with potato bread.
No nuts. They become very hard to digest. The same with green raw veggies. My digestive system cannot tolerate them and I go into an instant diarrhea. Jello is very soothing same with apple sauce jar with apples and water only. Chicken soup is very tolerable.
Six weeks after surgery I ate broccolli soup. In one hour I had diarrhea. 5 years later it still bothers me Recently had okra. Not as bad but not good. Gassy foods are not good.
Thank you for all the info.
I had it 2 weeks ago 8/12/16 I am told by my surgeon foods well cooked. No raw veggies no dried beans no popcorn no nuts no fruits especially applesauce. So far I have tolerated foods well.
Thank you for your post. I had colon resection in Oct. 2015 and sitll have bathroom issues.....frequency!! I WILL TRY the KONSYL fiber drink. I do take probiotics daily, and have tried many different kinds. I hope you are still doing well.
I have had problems since 2005 when I think I have it figured it out I have another episode I feel like my gut is cutting off everything can't push out or bring up Pain med and muscle relax meds help but fear is always there. Did I read that banana are bad?
I am a health 62 year old male and I had my colon removed on Friday the 13 May of 2016. Each story above sounded like my own. My big part is the weight loss. I have lost 35 pounds since the surgery. Most of it seems like muscle loss and now I have a lot of sagging skin. I finally got back into the gym but everything goes through me so fast that there is no support for building muscle. . It is a struggle to stay around 142. Has anybody tried probiotics? I would be interested in hearing the results. It seems that everything passes through without being absorbed. Frosty 1
Have you tried an enzyme supplement such as Beanaid (CVS pharmacy). I had colon resection two weeks ago and for the past 4 days, I started taking Beanaid capsules 2 at lunch and 3 at dinner. I have not had any cramps or gas even though I am eating regular food now (salads, fibre cereal, cooked vegetables, red meat and chichen and fish).
I am 4 months post-op. Still watery stools and lots of pain most of the time.